The aims of this study were: (1) to generate more detailed maps of mean precipitation in the Baltic countries than is possible from pure interpolation, (2) to compare the effectiveness of methods for interpolative modelling, (3) to specify the mean precipitation values over the territory of the Baltic countries.

Although Bellin repeatedly provides substantial and largely persuasive contextual evidence for his conclusions, it is often difficult to shake off the feeling that Framing Monsters suffers from the same reductive tendencies that have rendered this brand of criticism deeply unfashionable in many circles; indeed, what the book mourns most frequently is the passive cultural dupery--the "social alienation" in the book's title--of the audiences drawn towards these dubiously interpolative celluloid wonders.

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